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H-P Says It Was Duped, Takes $8.8 Billion Charge — Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday it had been duped into overpaying for one of its largest acquisitions, contributing to an $8.8 billion write-down and a huge quarterly loss. — The technology giant said that an internal investigation had revealed …

Hewlett-Packard's Explanation Just Makes No Sense — Here's the problem with Hewlett- Packard Co.'s explanation today for why it took an $8.8 billion writedown related to its purchase of Autonomy Corp.: The numbers don't make sense. — HP said “more than $5 billion” of the writedown …

FBI Said to Be Looking Into HP's Allegations on Autonomy — The FBI, responding to an inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is looking into Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)'s allegations of accounting improprieties at its Autonomy Corp. unit, a person familiar with the matter said.

U.S. Kids Continue to Look Forward to “iHoliday” — When it comes to devices, kids' holiday wish lists are simple this year. The most-wanted gifts are predominantly from one company—Apple. According to a recent Nielsen study, Apple's popularity leading up to the holiday season continues …

T-Mobile exec: iPhone isn't worth sacrifices — T-Mobile USA has lost customers because it does not carry Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone, but the company is not willing to make major sacrifices to add the device to its portfolio, said a T-Mobile executive. — “Make no mistake about it: We would love to carry the iPhone.

AT&T Seems to Be Extending FaceTime-Over-Cellular to All Customers — AT&T appears to be quietly extending FaceTime-Over-Cellular capabilities to all their iPhone customers. Earlier this month, AT&T announced that they would allow any customer “with an LTE device” on a “tiered data plan” to use iOS 6's FaceTime over Cellular feature.

Reed Hastings on Microsoft: Watch Windows 8, Not Surface — After more than five years on Microsoft's board of directors, Reed Hastings is stepping down at the end of the month. And if you think the Netflix CEO is going to give you insider dish on what's been going on at Redmond, you're going to be disappointed.

Ray of Hope? Carriers Seem to Like BlackBerry 10. — The tide of negative sentiment that dragged shares of Research In Motion deep into the mud and kept them there for well over a year is letting up ahead of the launch of the company's new BlackBerry 10 operating system. Why?